The Greek PAOK (Thessaloniki) secured a hard-fought 3-2 win over Bosnia's Borac (Banja Luka) in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Champions League, and Kiril Despodov was instrumental in that result with assists for the first and third goals.
The dream of the group stage of the Champions League has begun and Kiril Despodov indicated that PAOK will give "his soul to reach the new format of the tournament", reported Topsport.
"It was the first official match, we have to concentrate on the fact that we won. We want to go to the third qualifying round, we have to win in Bosnia and move on. We as PAOK wanted to win 3:0, but unfortunately we conceded two goals. We need to be more concentrated in defense, began Despodov, the day after the match in front of the website debut.gr.
When asked what coach Razvan Lucescu said in the dressing room after the match ended with this result, he answered: "Whatever our coach says, his word is law. I believe that we will have the same energy as last year and in the season that starts now. All I can promise is that we will give 100% of ourselves, our soul, to succeed in entering the League. This is not only a dream of the fans, but also of the players of PAOK", said the captain of the Bulgarian national football team.